Outside the Amun temple in Karnak, Tut erected an eight-foot-tall stela as an apology for Akhenaten’s actions and a boast of all Tut had done for the Egyptian people. “The temples . . . had ...

Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ascending the throne, he turned away from traditional Egyptian ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten — and harbored a wine jug stamped with the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian town dating back 3,400 years, likely established during the reign of Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun, and expanded centuries later by Ramses II.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 'major' Egyptian town that was likely constructed by Akhenaten, father of the famous Tutankhamun. The settlement, founded as far back as the 18th Dynasty (c.

Merytaton was the daughter of the pharaoh Akhenaten (reign 1349 to 1336 B.C.) and his wife Nefertiti. Akhenaten unleashed a religious revolution that tried to focus Egypt's religion around the ...

It gave birth to legendary 18th and 19th Dynasty pharaohs such as Tutankhamun (nobody wanted to speak of his heretic father Akhenaten), Seti I and Rameses II. It is thought to have been built over ...

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A wine jar stamped with the name of Merytaton—daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, and sister of the famous boy king Tutankhamun—was among the finds, Live Science reported. The discovery ...

Clues point to the mummy found in tomb KV55 — believed to be the controversial pharaoh Akhenaten — as his father, and possibly Akhenaten’s own sister as his mother. Experts say this royal ...